"Heart Whispers" is a tagger size scrap kit (also available in full size) created by Karen of Sweet Occasion Designs and can be purchased from Heartbeatz Creationz. You can visit her blog here. Thank you Karen for a really beautiful kit!

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Before we start working on the template...

Open up a 700 x 400 blank canvas.

Select All.

Copy and paste Paper 10 Into Selection.

Deselect.

Lock the layer by clicking on the lock icon at the top of your pallet.

Copy and paste each of the horses as new layers just ABOVE the frames.

Resize each horse 10% and 65%.

The pole on each horse needs to be lengthened so...

Highlight a horse.

Make your Selection Tool active set on Rectangle.

Section off the top area of the pole.

Copy.

Deselect.

Paste as New layer.

Match this little piece of pole to the bottom part of the pole.

Merge Visible the horse and pole piece.

Center it below one of the frames.

Repeat the above step with the other 2 horses.

To create an almost seamless loop while the animation runs do the following:

Be sure the horses aren't lined up exactly. Move one horse up, another down, etc. But don't make it so drastic that one horse is extremely high and another extremely low. Just slightly "off".

Once you've done that, duplicate each horse.

Merge Visible the duplicated horses.

Rename the layer "Beginning-End Loop".

Close this layer out.

This layer will be used as a stopping guide point.

Highlight the Merged Template layer.

Click anywhere outside of it with your Magic Wand.

Highlight the Motion Blur Paper layer.

Tap the delete key.

Highlight each of the horses and tap the delete key.

Deselect.

Copy Merged.

~Time to Animate~

Open up Animation Shop.

Edit/Paste/As New Animation.

Back in PSP.

Press the Undo button until the paper and horses are all whole again. The marching ants around the template should still be there.

Click your mouse on the paper layer.

Press the Left Arrow button on your keyboard to move the paper a little to the left.

Click on a horse and move the horse slightly in the direction you were already moving it.

Repeat this with the other 2 horses.

Highlight the paper and horses and tap the delete key.

Copy Merge.

Carry into AS.

Edit/Paste/After Current Frame.

Repeat the above 2 steps.

What you want to do is make each of the horses ride to the top and bottom of each square and when they're making another ride (whether it's up or down) you want it to BARELY match up with the "Beginning End Loop" layer.

You DO NOT want that Beginning End Loop layer to ever show. It was made strictly to use as a guide.

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My name is Bev. I enjoy creating signature tags and writing tutorials for designers, making kits, templates, masks, and the occasional layout. I also enjoy writing and have published my first novel "Written in the Stars".